Improvement in trunks for water-closets



UNITED STATES EDWIN A. LELAND, or NEW YORK', AssrGNoE To LEoNAaDRICHARDSON,

PATENT OFFICE. ,N

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMP'ROVEMENT IN' TRUNKS FOR WATERCIfOSETS.`

Specitcation forming part of Letters Patent No. l86,352, dated January16, 1877; application tiled September 17, 1875.

To all ywhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. LELAND, formerly of Pittseld, in the countyof `Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, but now of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in rIrunks for Wa#ter-Closets, of which the following isa specication:

The ordinary water-closet trunks are liable` to an accumulation of lthand noisome matter, the exhalations of which ind their way, during thetilting and dumping of' the pans, up through the opening of the closetinto the building, to the detriment and discomfort of the occupants. l i

The object of this invention is toobviate the deleterious result of theuse of the common water-closet 5 and to this end it consists in thecombination of an inner shell of porcelain or glazed earthenware withthe metallic trunk, whereby the corrosion which affords the first holdof the noisome accumulations Vin the ordinary trunk is prevented, andwhereby a per- 'ectly-smooth, non-absorbent, and non-holding f surfaceis provided to the trunk, thereby effectually securing the resultdesired.

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of' a water-closet trunkmade according to my invention, and Fig.2 is a sideview, representing amodiliation of the same;A

A is a cast-iron trunk, of the usual size and configuration, Al beingthe top plate thereof,

held in position by bolts a. B is a shell of porcelain or earthenware,made either in one piece or in several sections, and correspondingcontour with the trunk A. The shell B is placed within the trunk, eitherwith or without a layer of pIaSter-Of-paris between it and the innersurface of the trunk A. The shell is,

preferably, formed with a horizontal top portion, b, extending beneaththe top plate A; and its lower extremity may be contracted to fit theoutlet of the trunk, as represented at c.

The pan is hung within the trunk in the usual manner, and operated inthe ordinary way, by the usual apparatus.

It will be seen that, while the trunk A retains its normal strength andpermanence, the

2, care being taken to make the said. trunk of such proportions as toinsure strength and the requisite protection of the shell B from injuryfrom external causes.

What l claim as my invention is- As a new article ot' manufacture, thetrunk for water-closets constructedl with the separate inner shell B, ofporcelain or earthenware, and the metallic outer shell or vframe A,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN A. LELAND. Witnesses:

ELEERT DEARBORN,

H. WELLS, Jr.

